商品簡介
Gijn (material culture and artefact studies, U. of Leiden and Groningen) is particularly interested in the microscopic study of stone and bone tools, and has written widely about microwear analysis. Here she explores the role of flint in various spheres of past life, from subsistence to the expression and negotiation of identity, to dealings with ancestors. Her examples come from about 25 sites in the Netherlands. Among her topics are methods of studying flint tools, harvesting and processing cereals, hide processing, ornament making, conveying special kinds of personhood in the Single Grave culture, the ideological significance of exotic flint, and domestic flint in the age of metal. Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co. Annotation c2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Annelou van Gijn is professor of Material Culture and Artefact Studies at the Universities of Leiden and Groningen. She is particularly interested in the cultural biography of artefacts, especially of stone and bone tools, as well as ornaments, and uses microscopy to study traces of manufacture and use. She is the author of books and numerous articles on the Neolithic of the Netherlands, lithic studies and microwear analysis.
